Double Pinch gesture brings One UI 6 Watch at your fingertips

The Double Pinch gesture is one of the new features introduced with the latest One UI 6 Watch update for Galaxy smartwatches. This new gesture lets you control various aspects of the Galaxy Watch UI by pinching your fingers. Here’s how you can turn it on and how it differs from Universal Gestures. Start by […]

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Firmware support for Galaxy Watches isn’t looking great right now

After many months of beta testing, Samsung is seemingly preparing the major One UI 6 Watch update for a public release on older Galaxy Watch models. The company took more time than usual to prepare this big update, but that’s not really an issue per se. We can all agree it’s better if Samsung releases […]

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You’ll be surprised how little Wi-Fi the Galaxy Watch really needs

So, you just got your first Samsung Galaxy Watch, the Watch 7 or Ultra, and can’t wait to test every feature it has? Or maybe you’ve had a Galaxy Watch for a while now but haven’t paid much attention to how everything works. Either way, here’s one thing you ought to know about your Galaxy […]

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Samsung Health challenges work on Galaxy Watches, kind of

Over half a million Samsung Health users take on “Together” challenges every month. Many Samsung fans have participated in these global challenges for years, even if they never owned a wearable fitness device. They count their monthly steps using their phones and compete with friends and countless other people they never met. Nowadays, smartwatches are […]

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You’re not imagining those random vibrations on your Galaxy Watch

Have you ever felt like you got a vibration notification on your Galaxy Watch, only to realize there was nothing on your screen? Join the club. You’re not the only one getting these random haptic feedback taps. Worse yet, nobody seems to know exactly why they happen. These random feedback taps remain an unexplained mystery […]

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TM Roh will soon hold “town hall meeting” over the future of mobile

TM Roh, President of the Samsung Mobile eXperience (MX) Division, is preparing to hold the next quarterly “town hall meeting” with employees. Local media outlets say some of the main topics the President will discuss are the competitiveness of Galaxy phones, how Samsung should lead the market, and how it should avoid past mistakes. Industry […]

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You could send RCS messages from your Galaxy Watch in the future

RCS has received a much-needed boost after Apple adopted it recently with iOS 18. However, it is still limited to smartphones, and Google plans to expand RCS to Wear OS smartwatches. It is being reported that the Google Messages app, which is now being pushed as Samsung’s default messaging app, could soon be able to […]

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Galaxy Watches get Irregular Heart Rhythm Notification in Taiwan

Samsung has been continuously expanding the health features of Galaxy Watches in more countries. In a new move, the South Korean firm has released the Irregular Heart Rhythm Notification feature to Galaxy Watches in Taiwan, bringing users more health features and options. Galaxy Watches in Taiwan get Irregular Heart Rhythm Notification feature Samsung has revealed […]

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How waterproof are Samsung Galaxy Watches? All you need to know

One of the best things about Samsung’s modern Galaxy Watches is that they are IP68-rated for dust and water resistance. It means you can take these smartwatches with you almost anywhere without worrying about them breaking due to dust or water ingress. But how waterproof are Galaxy Watches, really? On paper, an IP68 rating means […]

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Apple follows Samsung to bring Sleep Apnea detection smartwatches

Yesterday, Apple unveiled its new AirPods, Apple Watches, and iPhones. With its latest products, the company introduced Galaxy AI-like features under the Apple Intelligence branding. It followed Samsung in bringing the Sleep Apnea Detection feature to the Apple Watch. Several Galaxy Watches already have this feature. Apple Watches follow Galaxy Watches for Sleep Apnea Detection […]

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Study shows Galaxy Watches have high fitness tracking accuracy

According to a study by the University of Michigan in the USA, Samsung’s Galaxy Watches have high fitness tracking accuracy. This validation includes body fat percentage, heart rate, sweat loss, and VO2 max readings obtained from Galaxy Watches. The Galaxy Watch 4 and newer Galaxy Watches were used for these tests. University of Michigan’s study […]

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Get rid of pesky media controls on your Galaxy Watch face

One of the cool things about the Samsung Galaxy Watch is that it has an almost symbiotic relationship with your Galaxy phone or tablet and automatically detects whenever you’re playing media on your mobile device. When it does, the Galaxy Watch offers quick media control shortcuts on your wrist, including skip track, previous track, play/pause, […]

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I’m disappointed Samsung doesn’t see double-wristing as an option

Many times before, we have talked about one of the downsides of wearing a smartwatch from the perspective of a classic watch enthusiast. Namely, you have to pick one or the other. Or do you? Well, kind of, yes. It’s ingrained in our minds and cultures that wearing more than one classic timepiece at a […]

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Samsung, let me have TV Ambient Scenes based on watch faces

All the excitement growing around Samsung’s Galaxy Watch lineup lately made me want to wear my Galaxy Watch 5 again. Not around the clock, as the smartwatch gets in the way of my typing on the laptop, but whenever I have the chance. After reuniting with my Galaxy Watch 5, I remembered that I do […]

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Your Galaxy Watch can look different based on what you’re doing

Samsung’s latest Galaxy Watch 7 and Galaxy Watch Ultra have attracted a lot of new users who may have never owned a smartwatch before or have been using older models for a long time. Either way, they’ve embarked on a new journey of discovering what these latest smartwatches are all about. Today, we want to […]

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Use Galaxy Watch Ultra’s exercise power saving mode for longer workout tracking

The Galaxy Watch Ultra is Samsung’s most advanced smartwatch ever. It is designed to keep up with the most demanding users and survive in the harshest of environments, in addition to offering everything that is available on other Samsung smartwatches.Summarize in one-click with Galaxy AI The Galaxy Watch Ultra can survive water pressure equivalent to […]

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Samsung gamifies Basic-Fit gyms with Galaxy Space Squat machines

Samsung and fitness club Basic-Fit have partnered to gamify the gym experience across Benelux. With this goal in mind, Samsung has installed a new interactive squat training game in which participants compete for a chance to win a Galaxy Watch Ultra. The gamified workout is called Galaxy Space Squat. It consists of a squat machine […]

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[Video] Galaxy Watch Ultra vs Watch 7: Are they really all that different?

Last month at Galaxy Unpacked 2024 in Paris, Samsung refreshed its smartwatch lineup and released a familiar-looking Galaxy Watch 7 and a somewhat controversial and very different-looking Galaxy Watch Ultra. These smartwatches couldn’t seem any different, but as we demonstrate in our latest comparison video, they share more in common than people might realize at […]

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How many software updates will your Galaxy Watch 7 or Ultra get?

Samsung’s smartwatches, like its smartphones, are supported with regular software updates for many years after launch. Samsung shifted from its in-house Tizen OS to Google’s Wear OS back in 2021; a year later, the company revealed that it would support all of these smartwatches with up to four generations of One UI Watch and Wear […]

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